Lot 543: Aviation

Lot 543: Aviation: A Commemorative Cover Issued For The 25Th Anniversary Of The First Live Ejection From An Aircraft In Great Britain Which Took Place At Chalgrove On 24Th July 1946, Featuring A Colour Image Of A Gloster Meteor F3 Aircraft, Individually Signed By Bernard Lynch, An Experimental Fitter With The Martin-Baker Aircraft Co. Ltd., Who Performed The First Live Ejection, And Captain J. E. D. Scott, His Pilot On The Flight. The Flown And Ejected Cover Features Various Cachets And Is Post Marked At Chalgrove, Oxford, 24Th July 1971. Together With Two Other Identical Commemorative Covers, Each Also Flown In A Meteor Aircraft And Ejected Over Chalgrove Airfield In A Martin-Baker Ejection Seat, One Signed By The Pilot Squadron Leader J. S. Fifield And The Other Unsigned. Vg To Ex, 3]
International Autograph Auctions' Autograph Auction September 2015
Saturday, 26th September 2015
Estimate: £80-100